“I was really surprised. I didn’t know anything about it. I wasn’t happy about it," Madonna confessed. "I understand it’s punk rock and everything, but to me there was such a feeling of love and good energy, and positivity; it seemed negative. It’s such a teenager…irrelevant thing to do…it was just out of place.”

Although M.I.A. has yet to issue an apology for flipping the bird during Madonna's performance of "Give Me All Your Luvin," both NBC and the NFL issued statements shortly after Sunday's big game. "The NFL hired the talent and produced the halftime show," said NBC spokesperson Christopher McCloskey. "Our system was late to obscure the inappropriate gesture and we apologize to our viewers." All 114 million people, might we add.